Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006 (as amended August 2009)

Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006

• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Calderdale in Context
• Strategic and Core Part One Policies
• 3 Guiding Principles and Key Themes
• 4 Employment, The Economy, Tourism and Regeneration
• 5 Housing
• 6 Retailing and Town Centres
• 7 Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities
• 8 The Built and Historic Environment
• 9 Transport
• 10 Infrastructure, Education and Community Facilities
  • Introduction
  • Infrastructure and Facilities Necessitated by New Development
  • The Strategic Framework for Community Facilities Planning
  • Education
  • Village Shops, Post Offices, Public Houses and Hotels
  • Cemeteries
  • Social Services and Health Infrastructure
  • HM Prison Service
  • Major Leisure Uses and Urban Entertainment Facilities
• 11 Natural Environment and the Countryside
• 12 Environmental Protection
• 13 Minerals
• 14 Waste Management
• 15 Monitoring and Review of the Plan
• Annex A Privacy, Daylighting and Amenity Space
• Annex B Trees On or Adjacent to Development Sites
• Appendix 1 National Planning Policy
• Appendix 2 National Minerals Policy
• Appendix 3 Supporting Published Documents
• Appendix 4 Glossary of Terms
• Appendix 5 Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Appendix 6 Policy Topic Index
• Appendix 7 Policy Number Comparison
• Appendix 8 Supplementary Maps

Cemeteries

10.30 There are currently seven larger Council owned cemeteries in Calderdale, in Halifax, Brighouse, Clifton, Rastrick, Elland, Sowerby Bridge and Luddenden and small cemeteries at Norland and Stainland, as well as a large number of burial grounds associated with particular churches. These cemeteries continue to be in demand, but with the exception of the cemeteries at Stoney Royd in Halifax and at Luddenden, there is sufficient spare capacity to last beyond the plan period (2016). There are also a number of inactive or closed cemeteries within the District, an example being at Lister Lane in Halifax.

10.31 It is likely that the public will continue to expect graves in a Council owned cemetery in Halifax to be available in the future. As a result, the Council, in such circumstances, will need to find additional land for its cemetery use, either as an extension of the Stoney Royd Cemetery, or elsewhere. However, it is feasible that additional space may be realised within the existing Stoney Royd cemetery boundary in order to meet any additional demand within the plan period. There may be demand for the provision of cemeteries and burial grounds by the private sector. As such Policy CF 6 ‘Cemeteries’ allows for the provision of these providing that they are appropriately sited and are consistent with other UDP polices.

10.32 The use of land for cemeteries also has wider implications, for instance, public health. They are also significant as long-term, undisturbed havens for wildlife. The design, management and maintenance of cemeteries in active use and also those which are inactive or closed should reflect these wide-ranging concerns and be sympathetic towards the retention of features of ecological interest, for instance, leaving or creating diverse natural borders with trees and shrubs and avoiding excessive tidying and pruning of undergrowth. Therefore, the following Policy will apply:-

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